The Court of Appeal presided over by Hon Justice Goeffrey Kiryabwire, Hon Lady Justice Catherine Bamugemereire and Hon Justice Remmy Kasule on 03rd December 2021 gave its judgment dismissing the appeal of former Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) employees, Mugerwa Dominic and Muhwezi Abias, thus confirming the conviction and sentence of the
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Laura Walusimbi, the Corporate Communications Manager at UCDA and UCDA MD Dr. Emmanuel Iyamulemye pose for a photo with the award Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA) was recognized by the Visionaries of Uganda at the 9th edition of the Awards held on Thursday 2nd December 2021 for its regulatory role in
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The Deputy Governor of Bank of Uganda (BoU), Michael Atingi-Ego (pictured) commends Centenary Bank for accelerating digitalization in the country. He made the remarks while officiating at the launch of Centenary Bank’s platinum Mastercard debit card on Monday 29 November, 2021 at Serena Hotel, Kampala. In his speech, he pointed out that
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Government has acknowledged the high prevalence of teenage pregnancies and defilement cases, revealing that 649,955 teenage pregnancies were recorded between 2020 and 2021 in Uganda. This was revealed by Vice President Jesica Alupo in a statement on the national campaign against defilement, early marriages and failed parenthood that is slated to be
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In efforts to understand the state of Uganda’s technology landscape. The Innovation Village in partnership with the Mastercard Foundation yesterday, released the developer survey report dubbed “DevScape” to analyze the current state of the developer landscape in Uganda and find ways to harness tech talent and nurture young developers. The
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Muwonge Andrew of NRM getting nominated The Electoral Commission has nominated four more candidates on the second day of nominations for by-election of District Chairperson, Kayunga District Local Government. Musisi Boniface Bandikubi (Independent); Muwonge Andrew (NRM); Kamoga Jamilu (Independent) and Waddimba Anthony (DP) now join the list of candidates which already has
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Lawyer Male Mabirizi On 25th October 2021, an application was filed by Male H. Mabirizi Kiwanuka (the applicant) seeking judicial review orders against the Capital Markets Authority (CMA) decision to approve the MTN Uganda prospectus, in respect to its Initial Public Offer (IPO) of 4,477,808,848 ordinary shares to the public
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Electoral Commission Acting Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya The nomination of candidates to contest in Local Government Councils By-elections will be conducted starting today, Monday 29th November 2021. According to Electoral Commission Acting Spokesperson, Paul Bukenya, the nominations will be conducted at the respective District/City headquarters, in those electoral areas where the
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Dison Kareng, the founder of Bros Coffee Ltd says quality is everything to them On 27 October 2021, Uganda Coffee Development Authority (UCDA, in partnership with the Uganda High Commission in London and the British High Commission in Kampala, held the inaugural UK-Uganda Specialty Arabica Coffee Cupping competition. The UCDA
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Michael Atingi-Ego, the BoU Deputy Governor The Bank of Uganda (BoU) has asked all Supervised Financial Institutions (SFI) to continue providing credit relief for one more year to borrowers in education and hospitality sectors who are still negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The credit relief measures that the BoU
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